ICT IN GEOGRAPHY
Lesson Outcomes
• After the completion of this lesson students
should be able to:
1. Define ICT
2. Illustrate and explain how each type is used
in a Geography classroom
3. Select appropriate FET Geo lessons where ICT
is used and how.
Definition
• Information and Communications Technology
(ICT)
• Refers to technologies that provide access to
information and telecommunication
• UNESCO defines ICT as a scientific,
technological and engineering discipline and
management technique used in handling
information
Types
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Interactive whiteboard
Interactive mapmaker
Google maps
Youtube videos
Overhead projectors
Digital cameras
Internet searching and navigating
Flashcards (digital)
LESSON EXAMPLE
GRADE 12: TROPICAL CYCLONES
• Teacher uses an overhead projector to display
different definitions of TCs
• As the lesson progresses, s/he shows the class
through a youtube video, the various stages of
TCs
• https://youtu.be/q3ERPUYkVek
• As the videos are playing learners are able to
differentiate what happens in each stage of
development
• Different cyclones are shown and their intensity is
not the same, teacher asks learners why is this so
TCs continued…
• Tropical cyclone case study Freddy
• https://www.eumetsat.int/record-breakingtropical-cyclone-freddy-crosses-indian-ocean
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1jGJXM6aI&pp=ygUYY3ljbG9uZSBmcmVkZHkgMjAy
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• Learners quietly study this and they are given an
opportunity to write their answers in a
whiteboard
Interactive Whiteboard
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Attached to the internet
Computer or USB may be used
Display videos, display web pages
Write on it using tools
Enables proper diagrams
Continued
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Topics include;
Earthquakes videos
You tube videos on flooding in Durban
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To do
• Select any topic and practice using proper ICT
• Your role as a teacher must be clearly defined